McGeoughs Bar & Restaurant, Condil House, Roden Place
Change of use of first-floor offices to a bar, restaurant, and function room with a roof garden in Dundalk.
1940 · Louth County Council · Lodged 25 January 2019
- Reference
- 1940
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 25 January 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves converting first-floor offices into a bar, restaurant, and function room, accessed via a new internal staircase. It also includes minor facade changes, an external balcony, and replacing a lean-to roof with a flat roof to create a roof garden for outdoor dining.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- Permission for
- The change of use of first floor office development to bar, restaurant and function room with ancillary toilet and kitchen facilities. Access to the first floor bar/restaurant accommodation will be via a new staircase positioned in the ground floor bar/restaurant area
- There will be minor elevational changes to the northern and eastern facades of the building, which will include the provision of emergency escape staircase along the eastern façade and the provision of an external balcony to the northern façade of the proposed function room
- Replacement of the existing lean-to roof structure to the keg room and bottle store with a new flat roof construction with perimeter wall and balustrade to the rear of the property which will be used as a roof garden for external dining with access from the first floor bar/restaurant accommodation and all associated site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To support the development, improvement and expansion of town or village centre activities.”
National zoning type: Commercial, retail
Objective set by the Louth County Development Plan (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Defenders Row, Dundalk, Louth | Jan 2025 | €240,000 | 29 m |
| 24 Market St, Dundalk, Co Louth | Jan 2026 | €200,000 | 65 m |
| Roden Place, Dundalk, Louth | Apr 2026 | €420,000 | 75 m |
| 43 Market St, Dundalk, Louth | Mar 2025 | €147,500 | 88 m |
| 5 The Arches, Bachelors Walk, Dundalk | Apr 2026 | €187,000 | 107 m |
| 61 Market St, Dundalk, Louth | Feb 2025 | €197,500 | 109 m |
| 25 Bachelors Walk, Dundalk, Louth | Apr 2026 | €140,000 | 112 m |
| 50 Bachelors Walk, Dundalk, Louth | Dec 2025 | €165,000 | 123 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received25 January 2019
- Decision due21 March 2019
- Decision issued8 March 2019
- Grant issued16 July 2019
- Appeal submitted4 April 2019
- Appeal decided10 February 2020
- Permission expiry15 July 2024
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